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Feb 13, 1980 - SalEen)z]PF~. The original microcrystalline sample shows a gradual but complete transition. When the same sample is ground in a ball mi...
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for the transformation. W e have found that the most pronounced effect of grinding is observed for a doped sample. Figure 2 shows the results for [Feo,sCro.s(3-OCH3SalEen)z]PF~.The original microcrystalline sample shows a gradual but complete transition. When the same sample is ground in a ball mill, a large fraction of the sample does not undergo the transition and a plateau develops. Recrystallization of this ground sample from methanol gives a sample that behaves as the original sample. Acknowledgment. We are grateful for funding from N I H grant HLI 3652. References and Notes (1) (a) lizuka, T.; Yonetani. T. Adv. Biophys. 1970, 7, 157.(b)Dose, E. V.; Tweedle, M. F.; Wilson, L. J.; Sutin, N. J. Am. Chem. SOC.1977, 99,3887, and references therein. (2) Maltempo, M. M.: Moss, T. H. 0.Rev. Biophys. 1976, 9,181,and references therein. (3)Petty, R. H.; Dose, E. V.; Tweedle, M. F.; Wilson, L. J. lnorg. Chem. 1978,

77,1064. (4)Hall, G. R.; Hendrickson, D. N. Inorg. Chem. 1976, 75, 607. (5) Butcher, R. J.; Sinn, E. J. Am. Chem. SOC. 1976, 98, 5159. (6)Sorai, M.; Seki. S. J. Phys. Chem. Solids 1974, 35, 5 5 5 . (7)Gcjtlich. P.; Link, R.; Steinhauser. H. G. lnorg. Chem. 1978, 77, 2509.Sorai, M.; Ensling, J.; Gutlich, P. Chem. Phys. 1976, 78,199. (8) Gutlich, P.; Koppen, H.; Link, R.; Steinhauser, H. G. J. Chem. Phys. 1979, 70, 3977. (9)Rao, C.N. R.; Rao, K. J. "Phase Transitions in Solids"; McGraw-Hill: New York, 1978. (IO) Christian, J. W. "The Theory of Transformations in Metals and Alloys", 2nd ed.; Pergamon Press: Oxford, 1975; Part I. (11) University of Illinois Fellow, 1976-1979. (12) 3M Fellowship, 1979-1980. (13)A. P. Sloan Foundation Fellow, 1976-1978.

Muin S. Haddad," Wayne D. FedererI2 Michael W. Lynch, David N. Hendrickson*I3 School of Chemical Sciences, Unicersity of Illinois Urbana, Illinois 61 801 Receiced Nocember 1, 1979

Toward Synthetic Models for Cytochrome Oxidase: a Binuclear Iron(1II) Porphyrin-Copper(I1) Complex Sir: The structure and function of the active site of cytochrome c oxidase has been the subject of much investigation and controversy over the past 40 yeawl More recent ESR,2 magnetic

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s~sceptibility,~ and mcd2s4 measurements have indicated the presence of a strongly magnetically coupled Fe(II1)-Cu( 11) center at the cytochrome a3 active site in the fully oxidized enzyme. Because of the problems involved in studying the natural enzyme, and the paucity of available information on simple binuclear systems containing different metal ions, there has been considerable recent interest in the synthetic analogue approach to the active site structure of cytochrome c oxida~e.~-~ W e have reported8 the synthesis and some preliminary studies on a binuclear model consisting of a porphyrin with a covalently attached tetrapyridine ligand system, mesocu,cr,cu,cu-tetra(o-nicotinamidophenyl)porphyrin, (P)-(N4). We now report synthetic, structural, and magnetic data for the Fe( 111) -Cu (11) mixed metal system, 1Fe( P) -C1 -Cu (NJ)] (c104)2. Insertion of Fe into the porphyrin to give Fe(P)CI-(N4)I0 was achieved by the ferrous sulfate-acetic acid method," followed by treatment of the crude reaction mixture sequentially with aqueous N a O H and 0.01 N HCI. Treatment of a chloroform-methanol (9:l) solution of this compound with a methanolic solution of cupric perchlorate ( 1 mol) and recrystallization from aqueous acetonitrile gave the dihydrate [F~(P)-CI-CU(N~)](CIO~)~.~H~~~* (1) (Scheme I). After many unsuccessful attempts, single crystals of 1 were isolated as small, poorly formed brown blocks, most of which were twinned, and none of which diffracted well. Despite the poor quality of the crystals, we were able to obtain X-ray diffraction data as follows: space group P4/n; 2 = 2; cell dimension a = 15.96 ( I ) , c = 14.36 ( I ) A. Intensity data were collected on a Picker FACSI 4-circle diffractometer using graphite-monochromated Mo Kcu radiation and 8-20 scan technique. Of the 1980 unique reflections collected up to 28 maximum (Mo K a ) of 40°, only 720 (36%) with I > 2 4 1 ) were considered to be observed. The structure was solved by direct methods and refined by full-matrix least squares. The anions were not clearly resolved and are disordered around the fourfold axis. A second water molecule was also unresolved. The current residuals R and R' are 0.214 and 0.234 for the limited number of data and 93 variable^.'^^'^ A perspective view of the cation is shown in Figure 1. It has fourfold symmetry with the Fe, Cu, and CI atoms lying on the fourfold axis. The Cu is coordinated to the four pyridine nitrogens, and the chloride ion lies midway between the Fe and Cu atoms. The exceptionally long Cu-CI and Fe-CI bonds (average 2.47 ( 5 ) A) indicate weak bridging between the two metals. The Fe atom is located essentially in the mean plane of the porphyrin and is octahedrally coordinated with a water molecule occupying the sixth coordination site ( F e - 0 = 2.09

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Figure 1. A perspective view of the [Fe(P)-Cl-Cu(N4)l2+ cation. Selected bond distances (in angstroms) are as follows: Fe-N,, 2.01 (7); Fe-OH:, 2.081 (13); Fe-CI, 2.55 (5); Cu-CI, 2.41 ( 5 ) ; Cu-N,, 2.16 (6); Fe-mean porphyrin plane, 0.04 (3).

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line widths are remarkably temperature dependent, and no signals are observable above -40 K, indicating significant dipolar relaxation b r ~ a d e n i n g An . ~ ~additional broad signal at g 3.1 with more extreme temperature dependence, seen only in the frozen solution spectra, is attributed to dimer form a t i ~ n this ; ~ ~tendency of 1 to aggregate in solution is clearly seen in the visible spectrum where the Soret band in the solid state (KBr disk, 427 nm) exhibits a concentration-dependent blue shift in solution26 (CH2C12,403 nm; DMF, M, 405, and M, 425 nm; CH2C12-MeOH, M, 402, M, 412, and 5 X 10-6 M, 416 nm). The fact that ESR signals are observed for both Fe and Cu in this system argues against a purely dipolar relaxation mechanism operating in cytochrome c oxidase to account for its ESR ina~tivity.~’ The magnetic susceptibility of 1 was determined over the temperature range 300-4.2 K using a Faraday balance. A plot of peff(per binuclear molecule) vs. T (K) is shown in Figure 3. The moment increases gradually from 5.61 p g at 300 K to a plateau value of -5.74 pg in the region 200-50 K. Below 20 K the moment decreases rapidly, reaching 4.7 1 pg at 4.42 K. The 1/x vs. T plot in the range 100-4.2 K shows Curie-Weiss behavior with a small 8 value (=2 K), whereas, above 200 K, it shows approximate linear behavior but with an increased slope; Le., p,ff decreases. This unusual magnetic behavior cannot be explained simply in terms of a -2JS182 exchange coupled Hamiltonian. The calculated dependence of peffand 1/x on J has been described previously for (SI = 5/2, S2 = l/2) coupling (with g = 2.0)28 and some experimental results have recently been reported for binuclear Mn(I1)-Cu(1I) Schiffbase c o m p l e x e ~ . In ~ ~a .two-level ~~ system of this kind, population of the S’ = 3 and S’ = 2 levels would occur in the case of zero J yielding peff= 6.16 p~ and Curie behavior. For large J (>-200 cm-l) only the S’ = 2 level is populated and a temperature-independent peffvalue of 4.90 p g is predicted. Intermediate values of J (negative) lead to a reduction in p,ff at 300 K from 6.16 p ~the , moment then further decreasing and leveling out at 4.90 pg as the temperature is decreased. The corresponding I/x vs. T graphs all pass through zero at 0 K, being linear in the low temperature region when only the S’ = 2 state is populated. The present data clearly do not codform to this simple model. The decrease in peffbelow 20 K is generally reminiscent of large zero-field splitting effects common to [iron(III)(porphyrin)X] complexes. Inclusion of a DS2=(1) term into the Hamiltonian does lead to a predicted decrease in pcffbelow 4.90 p~ at low temperature but with little effect at higher temperatures. In an attempt to separate out the contribution to the susceptibility of the Fe(II1) moiety we as-

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(13) A). The Fe-N, bond lengths (2.01 (7) A) are close to the typical values of high-spin five-coordinate (Fe out of plane, Fe-N, > 2.065 A)ls or high-spin six-coordinate (Fe in plane, Fe-N, > 2.040 A)I6,l7iron(II1) porphyrins but not significantly different from those of typical low-spin six-coordinate (Fe in plane, Fe-N, average, 1.990 A)I5 or intermediate-spin six-coordinate (Fe in plane, F-N, = 1.995 A)18 derivatives. However, magnetic measurements (vide infra) are consistent with a fully or partially occupied 3dx2-yz orbital on the iron in 1, i.e. either high-spin (S = 5/2) or quantum mechanically mixed (S = 3/2, 5/2)16J9-22 spin state. The ESR spectrum of 1 in frozen solution (5% MeOHCHC13 or DMF) (Figure 2) or as a powder a t 4.2 K shows a g 6 signal characteristic of high-spin iron(II1) porphyrins23 and a signal at g 2 typical of S = ‘/2 Cu(I1) ions in a tetragonal field, although the gil components are poorly resolved. The

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sumed zero Fe(II1)-Cu(I1) coupling and subtracted a Curie component (1.90 pug) for Cu(I1) from the observed susceptib i l i t ~ . ~The ’ resulting curve was then compared with that measured separately on the copper-free derivative of 1, Fe(P)CI-(N4).32 In each case the moment decreases rapidly a t low temperatures, but the shapes of the p,ffvs. T curves a t higher temperatures (>20 K ) differ in detail. Incorporation of Cu(I1) into the Fe(P)CI-(N4) moiety therefore changes the magnetic state of the Fe(lI1) center significantly, but a t this stage of the analysis the relative contributions of zero-field splitting and exchange coupling have not been clearly defined. Mossbauer effect results described below show that the electronic properties of 1 are further complicated by the apparent coexistence (at least on the Mossbauer time scale) of two electronic states of iron, one of which is probably of intermediate spin, S = 3/2, and the other high spin, S = 5/2. The FUeff vs. T behavior shown in Figure 3 is quite similar to that displayed by Fe(TPP)CIOv0.5 m-xylene, a complex which has a spin-mixed S = 3/2, 5/2 ground state, but which shows only one quadrupole doublet in the Mossbauer spectra (4.2-300K) with parameters typical of intermediate-spin The magnetic behavior of 1 could arise from an uncoupled pair of Fe(Il1) (mixed spin S = 3/2, Y2;perf- 5 pug) and Cu(I1) (S = ‘/2; peff- 1.9 pug). The Mossbauer results would then require the presence in the bulk sample of a significant concentration of a structural isomer of 1 containing Fe(I1I) (S = 5/2) and Cu(II) (S = e.g., an isomer in which the chloride ion is outside the “pocket”, [C1-Fe( P)-Cu( N4)] (C104)2. However, the magnitude of peffrthe relative intensities, and temperature dependence of the Mossbauer lines do not favor this interpretation. We feel that the data are more indicative of some form of spin equilibrium situation where the contributions from zero-field split S = 5/2 and S = 3/2 (or mixed spin S = 3/2, 5/2) centers vary with temperature. Relating this to structural or chemical features is not easy, although we note that the room temperature structural features of 1 are similar to those of high-spin six-coordinate iron(II1) porphyrins.I7 These effects may be attributed to structural alterations as the temperature is lowered so that the Fe-N and Fe-CI distances tend toward the S = 3/2 values. Indeed the very long Fe-CI and Cu-CI distances in 1 a t room temperature evidence a potential ex-

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change pathway between the two metals via the chloride ion. As the temperature is lowered a strengthening of one or other of the metal-C1 bonds is expected. This is seen in the infrared spectrum of 1 (polythene disk) which shows a considerable (-IO-fold) enhancement of the intensity of the Fe-Cl stretching frequency at 375 cm-l as the temperature is lowered from 300 to 200 K (cf. FeTPPCl which shows -200 cm-I, i.e., peff 4.9 pLg. The Mossbauer spectra of 1 are shown in Figure 4.The zero-field spectra are interpreted in terms of two doublets which are clearly evident at low temperatures and still detectable a t 300 K despite poor resolution. The quadrupole splitting and isomer shift values are given in Table I. The parameters for doublet 1 are in the range expected for S = 5/2 iron(II1) and are very similar in magnitude to those displayed by six-coordinate iron( 111) porphyrins such as [Fe(TPP)(H20)2]C104.1s.35The parameters for doublet 2 are close to those observed recently in intermediate spin, S = 3/2, iron(II1) porphyrin^.^^,^^.^^ The spread of the lines in the 25-kOe applied field spectrum corresponds to a field of -200 kOe which is similar to that observed for the S = 3/2 complexes, but considerably reduced from a saturated hyperfine field of -550 kOe expected for high-spin iron( 111) porphyrins. Variation in intensities of the lines as a function of temperature shows that the high-spin and intermediate-spin Fe(II1) centers exist in approximate ratia2.1 a t 4.2 K, rising to -4:l at 77 K. The copper-free derivative of 1, Fe(P)Cl-(N4), shows a quite different Mossbauer behavior.32At 4.2K, the spectrum consists of two doublets whose 6 and AE values (0.41, 0.24 and 1.16,1.89 mm s-l, respectively) are similar to those recently reported for high-spin six-coordinate derivatives.” At 77 K and above, one asymmetric doublet (6 0.43,AE = 1.35 mm s-l) is observed, and the applied field spectrum corresponds to an internal field of 490 kOe, which further corroborates the S = 5/2 spin state assignment. Thus, the Mossbauer studies on 1 and its copper-free derivative show, as did the susceptibility studies, that incorporation of Cu(I1) into the tetrapyridyl ligand system considerably affects the electronic state of the iron(II1) in the porphyrin. It is known from other studies that the Mossbauer properties of iron porphyrins which have electronic ground states near to a “crossover” position are very sensitive to minor variations in the axial ligands and even in lattice solvate molecules.16%34 Finally, we note that the Mossbauer characteristics of well-behaved Fe(II1)-Cu(I1) exchange-coupled complexes (e.g., the binucleating Schiff-base are not yet known

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and are required for understanding of such a coupled system where zero-filled and other effects are minimal. Acknowledgments. This work was supported in part by grants from the Australian Research Grants Committee and the Monash University Special Research Fund (to K.S.M.). Supplementary Material Available: Tables o f structural parameters and intermolecular bond lengths a n d angles of [Fe(P)-CI-Cu(N4)](c104)2 (3 pages). O r d e r i n g information is given o n any current masthead page. References and Notes Recent reviews include (a) Wharton, D. C. In "Inorganic Biochemistry", Eichhorn, G. I., Ed.; Elsevier: Amsterdam, 1975; Vol. 2, Chapter 27. (b) Caughey, W. S.;Wallace, W. J.; Volpe, J. A,; Yoshikawa, S. Enzymes 1978, 13, 299. (c) Wilson, D. F.; Ericinska, M. In "The Porphyrins", Dolphin, D., Ed.; Academic Press: New York, Vol. VII, Chapter 1, in press. Palmer, G.; Babcock, G. T.; Vickery, L. E. Roc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A., 1978, 73, 2206. Babcock, G. T.; Vickery, L. E.; Palmer, G. J. Biol. Chem. 1978,253, 2400.Malstrom, B. G. Adv. Chem. Ser. 1977,No. 162, 173. Tweedle, M. F.; Wilson, L. J.; Garcia-lniguez, L.; Babcock, G. T.; Palmer, G. J. Biol. Chem. 1978, 253, 8065. Moss, T. H.; Shapiro, E.; King, T. E.; Beinert, H.; Hartzell. C. bid. 1978,253, 8072. Falk, K.-E.; Vanngard, T.; Angstrom, J. FEBS Lett. 1977, 75, 23. Babcock, G. T.; Vickery, L. E.; Palmer, G. J. Biol. Chem. 1976, 251, 7907. Petty, R. H.; Wilson, L. J. J. Chem. Soc., Chem. Commun. 1978,483. Landrum, J. T.; Reed, C. A.; Hatano, K.; Scheidt. W. R. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 1978, 100,3232. Prosperi, T.; Tomlinson, A. A. G. J. Chem. SOC.,Chem. Commun. 1979, 196. Buckingham, D. A.; Gunter, M. J.; Mander, L. N. J. Am. Chem. SOC.1978, 100. 2899. Elliot, C. M. J. Chem. SOC.,Chem. Commun. 1978,399. A full X-ray crystal structure of this compound has been carried out, and will be reported elsewhere. In particular, this shows that the Fe is six coordinate in a polymeric structure with the chloride in the "pocket" formed by the four nicotinamide units and a pyridine of a second molecule occupying the sixth coordination position. "Porphyrins and Metalloporphyrins", Smith, K. M., Ed,; Elsevier: New York, 1975; 803. Anal. Calcd for Ce8H44N,204FeCuCC2H20: C, 55.08; H, 3.26; N, 11.33; Fe, 3.77; Cu. 4.28. Found: C, 54.89; H, 3.53; N, 11.40; Fe, 3.59; Cu, 3.96. Spectral data: UV Amax 403, 512, 572, 650 (CH2C12),427, 516, 580, 665, 690 nm (KBr disk); IR (Csl) u 3500, 3400 (H20, NH), 1680 (C=O), 1100 (br), 620 (C104-) cm-'. These values are not so surprisin given the poor quality and paucity of the data [~a(F,,)/ZIfol = 0.12Ofand the fact that the disordered anion has not been included in the scattering model. Current structural parameters and geometry are available as supplementary material. See paragraph at the end of this communication. Hoard, J. L. "Porphyrins and Metalloporphyrins", Smith, K. M.. Ed.; Elsevier: Amsterdam, 1975; Chapter 8. Scheidt, W. R. In "The Porphyrins", Dolphin, D., Ed.; Academic Press: New York, 1978; Vol. 111, Chapter 10. Scheidt, W. R. Acc. Chem. Res. 1977, 10, 339. Kastner, M. E.; Scheidt. W. R.; Mashiko, T.; Reed, C. A. J. Am. Chem. SOC. 1978, 100.666. (a) Mashiko, T.; Kastner, M. E.; Spartalian, K.; Scheidt, W. R.; Reed, C. A. J. Am. Chem. SOC.1978, 100, 6354. (b) Gans, P.; Buisson, G.; Duee, E.: Regnard, J.-R.; Marchon, J.-C. J. Chem. SOC., Chem. Commun. 1979, 393 ... Summerville, D. A,; Cohen, I. A.; Hatano, K.; Scheidt. W. R. Inorg. Chem. 1978. 17.2906. Dolphin, 6.H.; Sams, J. R.; Tsin, T. B. Inorg. Chem. 1977, 16, 711. Maltempo, M. M.; Moss, T. H. 0.Rev. Biophys. 1978, 9, 181. Reed, C. A.; Mashiko, T.; Bentley, S. P.; Kastner, M. E.; Scheidt, W. R.; Spartalian, K.; Lang, G. J. Am. Chem. SOC.1979, 101, 2948. Einstein, F. W. 6.; Willis. A. C. Inorg. Chem. 1978, 17, 3040.

1473 (23) It has been shown recently that intermediatespin (S= 3/2) Fe(lli) complexes can also exhibit signals at g = 6 in the ESR: Maltempo, M. Chem. Phys. Lett. 1979,60, 441. (24) Abragam, A.; Bleaney, B. "Electron Paramagnetic Resonance of Transition Ions"; Clarendon Press: Oxford, 1970; p 514. Experiments are planned to integrate the two ESR signals at various temperatures to determine the percentage of "detectable" Fe(lll) and Cu(ll). (25) Similar ESR transitions at g = 3.60 and 3.00 attributed to a dimeric species are seen in the frozen solution (14 K) spectra of concentrated solutions of iron(ll1) meso-nitrooctaethylporphyrin: Chikira. M.; Kon, H.; Smith, K. Chem. Commun. 1978,906. M. J. Chem. SOC., (26) White, W. I. In "The Porphyrins", Dolphin, D. E. Ed.; Academic Press: New York, 1978; Vol. V, Chapter 7, p 303. (27) Recent EXAFS data for the resting oxidase indicate a probable Fe-Cu separation of 3.0-3.5 A (cf. 5.0 A in I), and it seems more likely that the lack of ESR signals Is due to ligand-mediatedsuper exchange, e.g., via a p-oxo bridge: Blumberg, W. E.; Peisach, J. Biophys. J. 1979, 25, 37a. Powers, L.; Blumberg, W. E.; Ching. Y.; Eisenberger, P.; Chance, B.; Barlow, C.; Leigh, J. S.,Jr ; Smith, J. C.; Yonetani, T.; Peisach, J.; Vik, S.; Hastings, J.; Perlman, M. /bid. 1979,25,43a. (28) Wojceickowski. W. Inorg. Chim. Acta 1967, 1, 324. (29) Tola, P.; Kahn, 0.: Chauvel, C.; Coudanne, H. Nouv. J. Chim. 1978, 1, 467. (30) O'Connor, C. J.; Freyberg, D. P.; Sinn, E. horg. Chem. 1979, 18, 1077. (31) Susceptibility measurements on the [Cu(P)-Cu(N,)]*+ complex show a Curie temperature dependence which is compatible with a Jvalue close to 0 in this case and a peffper Cu of 1.90 p~ at 300 K. (32) Fe(P)CI-(N4) has a paw of 5.71 L(B at 300 K: Gunter, M. J.; Mander, L. N.; McLaughlin, G. M.; Murray, K. S.; Berry, K. J.; Clark, P. E.; Buckingham, D. A,, unpublished work. (33) Berry, K. J.; Murray, K. S.. Reed, C. A,, unpublisheddata. (34) Spartalian, K.; Lang. G.; Reed, C. A,, J. Chem. Phys. 1979, 71, 1832. (35) Intermediate spin iron(l1) porphyrins (S = 1) such as Fe(TPP) show A € = 1.51 mm s-' at 4.2 K but the 6 valw is larger than that observed here, viz., 0.52 mm s-'. (36) Surprisingly, one such binucleated [Fe(lll)-Cu(ll)] Schiff-base complex

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Maxwell J. Cuter,* Lewis N. Mander, George M. McLaughlin Research School of Chemistry Australian National University Canberra, A.C. T . 2600, Australia Keith S. Murray, Kevin J. Berry Department of Chemistry, Monash University Clayton, Victoria 3168, Australia Paul E. Clark Department of Physics, Monash University Clayton, Victoria 3168, Australia David A. Buckingham Chemistry Department, University of Otago Dunedin. New Zealand Received August 17, 1979